Recent questions tagged typography

Description : What are the origins of the Scruple Sign (℈)?

Last Answer : Maybe you can check the use of Medieval English: …Anglo-Saxon letters ‘yogh’ for ‘y’ or ‘g’ (ȝ) and thorn for ‘th’ (þ). and the use of Greek alphabet in apothecary: …the symbol for the unit of measure “scruple” (looks like a backwards-facing Greek “e”)... Also, ambiguous abbreviations

Description : Join me in wishing a fond farewell to the late Hermann Zapf, designer of numerous type fonts that we use every day?

Last Answer : Farewell to yet another bright mind. Made it to a ripe old age despite the problems along the way.

Description : What's the font commonly used in old school advertisements?

Last Answer : Looks like Times New Roman Bold to me.

Description : What is the typeface used in this logo?

Last Answer : Doesn’t look like it’s a font; looks hand-drawn. See how each letter is unique? i.e. the Ms and Es don’t match.

Description : What typeface is this?

Last Answer : Have you tried Identifont’s identify by appearance tool? I found that works pretty well.

Description : Where can I find a list of all of the display quality faces that ship with Adobe CS3?

Last Answer : http://www.adobe.com/products/fontfolio/ – Click on the PDF file which lists all the fonts

Description : How can I easily select a set symbol from an ornaments typeface?

Last Answer : Do you have ‘Keyboard Viewer’ in your keyboard menu? that shows you where they all are. (if you don’t already have it, go: Sys Prefs -> International -> Input Menu and select it)